Governance Institute of Australia

Governance Institute of Australia, formerly Chartered Secretaries Australia, is an independent professional association for company secretaries, governance advisers and risk managers in Australia, committed to promoting sound practice in governance and risk management.

A number of company secretaries joined together in the United Kingdom in 1891 to form a society which promoted their professional interests.

[6] The Governance Institute also publishes a journal[7] and a publications program, and offers public and in-house training, conferences and education in governance and risk management.

[citation needed] The Governance Institute Associate and Fellow Members are entitled to use the postnominals AGIA and FGIA, as well as the designation Chartered Secretary and the postnominals ACG and FCG.

The Governance Institute Certificated Members carry the nationally recognised post nominal of GIA(Cert).